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sleep inducement and the reptile brain
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by asud on January 2, 2010
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this is the title - or something close to it - of a paper i'd read years ago. i skimmed it at the time and can't seem to find it on bibliophile herp search now that i really need it.
it was a study - conducted in the early 80s - of various species' brain structures and the effect of vertiginous movement. it purported to explain how some religious snake handlers, by lifting snakes midway down/keeping their heads low and bodies slowly spinning, might be using blood flow and motion to induce a semi-sleep state.
anyone read this article (or something similar to it)? it may've been debunked by now (or not?) but i'd still like to see it again...thanks!
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RE: sleep inducement and the reptile brain
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by Cro on January 2, 2010
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Adam,
Not sure if this is what you are looking for:
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/75/1/65.pdf
and this:
http://books.google.com/books?id=_RU3TQCH1esC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=snakes+brain+blood+flow&source=bl&ots=J6mGMOxbqK&sig=HI7sGhggQcp6mL99ONPOzjw-gF4&hl=en&ei=NWA_S52uKou1tgfVncX9CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=snakes%20brain%20blood%20flow&f=false
Best Regards
John Z
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